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WHAT IS ANTIOXIDANT ?  (29/03/2006)

What is antioxidant?

Antioxidants are substances that remove free radicals by interacting with them chemically, usually by donating an electron to stabilize the free radical. Data presented in 1996 indicate that protection against oxidative damage and related chronic disease is best served by the variety of antioxidant substances found in fruits and vegetables.

Antioxidants are natural substances that may help prevent diseases. Antioxidants are nutrients, vitamins, minerals or enzymes that help protect the body from the formation of free radicals and the formation of degenerative diseases. Some of these destructive conditions such as heart, kidney and liver disease, arthritis, blood disorders, vascular disease, and cancer can be caused by free radical injury to the cells and organs. Many diseases seen in advancing age should not be considered part of the normal process of aging. Aging results in progressive decreases in the amount of health tissue in the organs, ultimately resulting in organ failure and eventually death.

Antioxidants protect key cell radicals. They do this by giving up electrons to the free radicals, which prevents tissue damage and organ failure, protecting our pets from the diseases that are caused by, or worsened by, free radical damage. This results in a longer and better quality of life.